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32 thoughts on “How long do you spend on your daily makeup routine?”

I vote for other, because people always ask me that, but I told them that I really have no idea. When I do my makeup is like my relaxing time of the day and I have fun doing it so I don’t check how much time I did. Other fact is that I’m always doing other things like, I do my eyeshadows then I go and use my laptop, then I return and do my cheeks then i do other thing and came back and do my lips xD

Same here. When I first started getting into makeup about two years ago, it used to take me an hour! Through constant practice, I’ve whittled it down to 15 minutes for my everyday office look, though I take my time for more dramatic looks during the weekends and stretch it to 30 minutes.

10-30 min. Since I have 2 toddlers, I keep my traincase in my car and do it after I drop them off at my work’s parking lot… that way I get outdoor lighting and I am in peace! I always arrive 30 min early to allow myself ample time. Weekends, same as poster before me, I usually do foundation, maybe do something else, do the rest of my face, chase my kids around, do my eyeshadow, lock my kids out of the bathroom and finish!! lol so then it takes an hour.

I don’t have a set daily routine. It depends on how much i feel like wearing or how much time i have (I have no problem with people seeing me without makeup). So, on days i do wear makeup, it could take anywhere between 5 – 20 minutes and on the rare occasion more than 30.

On weekdays I wear little to no makeup, usually just sunblock and maybe concealer and brow powder. On weekends when I can have some fun with a look I will spend maybe about half an hour, but to me it is play time cause I can wear more extreme and extravagant stuff than I can get away with at my conservative office!

i voted 0-5 because all i do [religiously, every single day] is my eyes. i love eye makeup (i own 3.5 MAC pro palettes, about 53 eyeshadows) and then i put a little blush on and that’s it. lipgloss goes on in the car.

My Grandma takes 3 hours! This includes doing her hair. Shes REALLY self consis! Its soooo funny how caky her makeup always looks and her blush is soooo not blended out, AND she puts an uneven tone of lipliner UNDER her lips! it makes you wanna laugh!

I can do my face for any occasion in about 10 minutes. I dont wear foundation except for on very special occasions, so that takes off a whole lot of time AND lets my skin breathe. I would rather enjoy my life , instead of spending all day on my face- I actually dont understand women who take hours to do their makeup.

my everyday makeup (for school) is just eyeliner, mascara, sometimes brow gel, concealer, powder and blush. it takes me like 7 minutes. but on the weekends (when i have enough time), i do eyeshadow and all that stuff so maybe like 15 minutes

If I’m in a hurry I can put on a simple face of makeup in under 10 minutes, but usually if I’m taking my time on the details it takes me about 20-30 minutes to do my full routine. I prefer more detailed makeup, but funnily enough, I get the most compliments on my really simple 5 minute looks! LOL

I’m usually in a hurry so I put on moisturizer/primer while running around getting dressed/breakfast etc., then I take 5 to put on foundation, blush, lipstick, and setting powder + spray. Usually it’s less than 5! Go laziness :>

5-10 on school days, but I’ll touch it up if I’m going out or seeing the boyfriend, and I’ll definitely spend more time if I’m going out in the evenings.

Basically, I just fill in my brows, put on concealer and a little translucent powder to set, mascara, some highlighter in the inner corners and on the brow bone, and blush. If I’m seeing the boyfriend, I’ll spend another few minutes retouching everything, maybe putting on some eyeliner or a contour colour in the crease. I’ll only spend 15-20 minutes if I’m going out to something, in which case I’ll do the whole lipstick and eyeshadow and tinted moisturizer shebang.

I never believed anyone could do a nice full face makeup within 5 minutes. Concealing and sculpting very important and I don’t believe any step can be rushed or else I’d just look like a mess and all the effort would be for nothing. so I take about 10 – 30 minutes.

On days I’m super rushed, I probably only take 3-5 minutes. Undereye concealer, blush, eyeliner and mascara. On weekdays I’m just doing my normal routine, between 15 and 20 minutes. For “fancier” days/nights, up to 30-40 minutes.